The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-03-26
THE PARISHES.
EAST CARROLL

EAST CARROLL
TIE new MethodIs: church building
al Lake Providence is nearly compile
led The Grace church. rectnry at the
same place is also about compie. ed and
will he Il hadsume residence.
Judge George G. Beuhatn, prominent
in politics during Republican days,
died at his plantation near Lake Prov
idence Oh the 18th inst.
CLAIBORNE.
a. S Carson died at The parish poor
house last Sunday. He was from Win
ston, Miss, and had left there, where
he h"d ii family, OH account of some
t.oun!e in which he had been invol-
we'd. He came to this parish a short
time since and set in to make crop
near Lisbon, but his health failed, his
money give out aud he was sent to the
poor house. He appeared to be " ell
raised man. A letter was received
from Mississippi ate Csrson's death
stating that his troubles there had been
about settled and asking that good care
be taken of him as he WAS innocent.
Carson had told parties before his death
that lie had been involved in trouble
and had shot two mep.-Home7' JO,r-
nal.
MOEEHOUSE.
A correspondent Of The Clarion is
endeavoripg to arouse the Bastropiti.s
into organizing IL hook and ladder
company.
Pneumonia is prevailing to an aiar.
r,,;r, nvt FONT ard /,
stated to us that nineteen cases have
occurred there in the last few weeks,
many proving fatal.-Cl0,1on.
WEBSTER.
a peculiar marriage took place in
our town this week. The Indian doc
tor who has been here about two weeks
was married to u German woman VITO
has lived near town n few months.
The Indian has been in corartnership
with IL party Of amateurs, who have
their tents in the lower part of town.
The woman went to the Indians camp
to get some medicine from him, when
he proposed marriage to her immedia-
tely and was accepted. His partners
objected to having a woman in camps
and this caused serious division and
the partnership was dissolved. - Demo.
cittt- iTtOWe.
Miss Cora Lee Can't died al the
home Of her parents in Minden on the
22d inst. She was the salutatorian Of
, tho graduating class of 1856 Of the
MiDden Female Academy.
RICIILAND.
W. J. Goouruir, ;amiliary known
as Chuck Goodrun1, a respected and
useful citizen, died from Il r,raIyitic
stroke at his home IN R:chiasd parish
several days ago.
The Beacon also reports the death Of
pniilip L. Coons, one of the o''ies, in
| habi!anis Of the parish.
CATAIIOULA.
Frank O. Warsier has been aproin-
| ted postmaster at Trinity.
Mr.. George Owens a highly esteemed
young gentleman of Catahoula died at
his home on Sicily Island recently OF
consumption.
CONCOEDTA.
| Judge Hiram II. Steele, President of
the projected Mississippi Valley rail-
road informs us that be was this week
| waited on by certain Iuctnbers of the
COMMITTEE appointed at the recent
railroad Meeting in Nidalia to carry
| into effect the resolutions of that meet
ing, for the purpose Of finding ont
whether or not he would accept the
proposition of two and q half mills
which had been offered his read. He
| refused the offer most pkaticaily.
saying to the committee that he would
go before the people of Concordia upon
the merits of his enterprise entirely
independent of the Fort Scott project
! believing that the citizens of Concor.
dia will grant him the aid asked for
| Sentinel.
WINK.
Mr.. r. S. Gorham informs us that
Mr.. Moses LIeary has returned from
Catahoula lake, after carrying Mr..
Davis, Z. S. Engineer, down to that
poiut. The trip down WAS made in Il
batteau in five days. The engineer
makes (not entirely uufavorable re,
port on the future of Dugdemonia as q
navigable stream. He says that from
MuXwelI's ferry up to the bridge [about
sixty miles, by water,) the bayou is
very crooked, and for that reason it
will require about $500 per mile to
put it ia good order, but from the ferry
down, very little money viii be re-
CURED. We suppose trom the cngi.
neer'a eSamination, about $40, 900 will
be needed. Nothing whatever will be
done until next session Of Congress,
because the President has seen fit to